He decried the situation where structures for such prompt amicable settlement were not effective enough to prevent conflicts.

Takwa condemned the situation where most local government officials migrated to urban centres instead of concentrating on their primary responsibilities of settling crises, developing infrastructure and social amenities, among others.

“We realise that governance of rural communities are now being done from the urban centres by officials who prefer to live in the cities.

“This is a trend we need to reverse and bring life back to the rural areas including infrastructure.

“This measure will ensure that whatever is happening in rural area is seeing as part of holistic development because we need to begin development from the base, which is the community.